Worms in an adult are much more common than you might think. They and their waste cause significant damage to health and can provoke the appearance of various diseases.
Ways to get rid of the problem
You can remove worms from the human body with medication or at home, using folk remedies. Each of the methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, various tablets and suspensions are able to guarantee the rapid achievement of the desired result, but contain toxic substances in their composition. Folk recipes have a milder type of action, but are less effective, and the treatment process sometimes takes more than a week.
Medical methods of treatment
Anthelmintic tablets will help you get rid of worms quickly. They are very effective, but such drugs can be taken only after consulting a doctor. This is due to the fact that the action of most tablets is able to eliminate only one type of worms from the body. To determine this, you will need to pass special tests.
1. Roundworms and nematodes
This group of parasites includes toxocara, whipworm, as well as the well-known pinworms and roundworms. There are many drugs in the form of tablets or suspensions for their elimination.
- Albendazole drugs.
- Worm tablets of this type may contain levamisole as an active substance.
- Mebendazole is able to eliminate roundworms from the body.
- High efficiency in the treatment of an adult is shown by tablets based on pyrantel pamoate.
- Medicines based on pirvinium embonate are no less effective.
- Piperazine and carbendanzyme are also able to eliminate worms from the body.
Roundworms in humans can also settle outside the intestines. Then completely different pills are used.
In most cases, the above tablets only affect adult parasites. Therefore, in order to completely remove them from the body and prevent re-infection, two weeks after the start of treatment it is necessary to retake the drug. In this case, it is very important to observe the dosages indicated in the instructions, since anthelmintic tablets have a fairly high toxicity.
Sometimes some additional procedures are required: the use of a laxative or the use of an enema.
2. Get rid of tapeworms
This group includes taeniasis, echinococcosis, coenurosis, taeniasis, sparganosis, diphyllobothriasis, alveococcosis, hymenolepiasis, etc.
To remove them from the body of an adult, it is better to use tablets against worms based on:
- Niclosamide.
- Albendazole.
- Melacrine.
3. Get rid of tapeworms
This group of worms includes lanceolate fluke, Chinese fluke, lung fluke, liver fluke, cat fluke. Preparations for flatworms should be prescribed by a specialist.
Treatment with folk methods
Often people do not want to get rid of worms with medication and use a variety of home treatments. Folk remedies are usually less effective, but do not have a strong toxic effect. In addition, they are only able to eliminate adult worms. And this means that soon the larvae of the human body can hatch and the problem will resume.
You can treat worms at home in a number of ways, so consider a few of the most common.
- It is necessary to chop the head of garlic or onions, pour a glass of cold water and leave to infuse overnight. You can get rid of worms by drinking the resulting infusion in the morning on an empty stomach. This should be done in small sips. It is best to strain the infusion before use. It is also possible to use garlic water in the form of an enema, which is done at night.
- Infusion of plants. To prepare it, mix powders of pumpkin seeds and bitter wormwood leaves in a 1: 1 ratio and pour them into a 0. 3 liter bottle. Then pour vodka to the top and close the lid tightly. The product should be kept warm or in the sun. At the same time, it is important to shake it periodically. The medicine prepared in this way at home is ready for use in a week. Take it twice a day half an hour before meals (lunch and dinner). The necessary dose to get rid of parasites is 50 grams at a time.
- Folk remedies can also help get rid of tapeworms and roundworms. To do this, on an empty stomach, you need to eat at least two walnut kernels a day.
- You can also defeat worms at home using an enema. To prepare it, you need to make a porridge of garlic or onions and chop the tansy. 50 grams of the resulting mixture should be poured into 0. 5 liters of boiling milk. Then the tool should be infused for half an hour in a packaged form. After that, the milk is filtered and used as an enema solution. It is best to do this at night.
- A more complicated way that people use at home is as follows. You need to grind 100 grams of peeled pumpkin seeds into a mush, add 2 tablespoons of honey and half a glass of water to it. Use the resulting mixture in the morning on an empty stomach. Then for three hours, eat a tablespoon every 60 minutes. After the last dose, drink a laxative. After another 1-2 hours you need to put an enema. As a result, the worms in the body die and are removed from it as soon as possible.
Drug prevention of the appearance of parasites
The tablets are undoubtedly very effective against worms. But many doctors of our time oppose their use for preventive purposes. The only exceptions are when:
- worms were found in one of the family members;
- there are animals in the house;
- a person very often comes into contact with the earth;
- the child goes to kindergarten, school or other institutions where there are a large number of children;
- family members like fishing, hunting, active games on the beach or just outdoors (soccer, volleyball, etc. ).
In such situations, the probability of the appearance of worms in the body is quite high. As a prophylactic drug, it is recommended to take a remedy with pyrantel, since it affects the most common groups of parasites.
General preventive measures
For those who are used to taking pills only in the event of a problem, following a few simple rules will allow you to protect yourself as much as possible from the appearance of worms:
- Maintain personal hygiene, wash hands after going to the toilet.
- Try eating at home. It's not about going sightseeing or cafes, but snacking on the street.
- Fruits, vegetables and berries should be washed thoroughly before eating.
- Meat and fish should be cooked according to all the rules. They must undergo heat treatment for disinfection of possible helminth larvae.